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BORONGAN CITY– The Philippine National Police (PNP) has instituted the Integrated Transformation Program – Performance Governance System (ITP-PGS) last January 2009 in order to measure the effectiveness of the PNP or-ganization in preventing crimes and solving those that has already been committed.

The said program serves as the organization’s roadmap to lasting change aimed to transform the PNP organization into a more capable, effective and credible police service by 2030 through the development of individual scorecards/dashboards.

During the Provincial Peace and Order Council held re-cently in the city, the ITP-PGS program presented through a powerpoint on the peace and order situation and the status of anti-drug campaign for January to September 2015.

In the ensuing discussion of the presentation, Police Sr. Supt. Romeo P. Campomanes, Provincial Director, Eastern Samar Police Provincial Office (ESPPO) emphasized on the crime situation and their accomplishments for the months of January to September, 2015.

Incumbent-Liberal Party candidates of Eastern Samar pose for posterity just after filing their respective certificates of candidacy for the 2016 national/local election at the Provincial Comelec- Eastern Samar Borongan City. In photo from (l-r) Vice- Gov. Dindo Picardal, Gov. Aklan Nicart, Rep. Ben Evardone. Photo By: PIA-ES

Second try. Former Guiuan Mayor Annaliz Gonzales files her CoC for representative of the lone district of Eastern Samar before the Pro-vincial Comelec- Eastern Samar Borongan City. PIA-ES

E.Samar is peaceful Provincial Director, Eastern Samar Police Provincial Office (ESPPO) claims that generally Eastern Samar is peaceful

By SAMUEL D. CANDIDO

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Eastern Samar Bulletin2 NEWS Oct. 11-17, 2015

-- DOLE 8 has scheduled to hold the Regional SPES Congress this December 2015 in Tacloban City that would showcase the successful stories of its beneficiaries on the Special Program for the Employment of Students and in-tensify awareness on the program in the whole region.

SPES is an employment strategy of DOLE to facilitate the implementation of Republic Act No. 9547, otherwise known as An Act Strengthening and Expanding the Cov-erage of the Special Program for Employment of Students.

It aims to help poor but deserving students pursue their education by encouraging their employment during sum-mer and/or Christmas vacations, and at the same time, by developing their intellectual capacities and potentials for the vision of national development.

The Regional SPES Congress is one of the flagship initiatives of DOLE 8 to provide the SPES beneficiaries, otherwise called as SPES babies, an enriching experience on the developmental aspect of the program. The event, likewise, aims to gather them for fellowship and for the creation of network of friends and co-SPES babies as an

DOLE-8 to host Regional SPES Congress

avenue for learning sessions.DOLE 8 Regional Director Elias A. Cayanong invites

all SPES beneficiaries from all over Eastern Visayas to reg-ister, witness and participate in the regional gathering as it entails great opportunities for their personal growth and development.

“This is a great opportunity for all the SPES babies in Eastern Visayas to learn from and share their experiences with other beneficiaries from the myriad of towns in the re-gion. To establish camaraderie and share valuable insights and knowledge acquired are the primary focus of the ac-tivity. And, it will be a new and refreshing experience for everyone,” said the regional chief.

The event is open to all beneficiaries that have availed of the program twice or thrice until they finished college.

Qualified beneficiaries may visit the DOLE – North Leyte Field Office in Tacloban City or the nearest DOLE Field Office. They may also inquire at the local PESO in their respective towns for registration. The regional con-gress is free of charge.

PNP has yet to identify election flashpoints in EV

– The Philippine Na-tional Police has yet to de-clare areas in the region as possible flashpoint relative to the May 9, 2016 elec-tions.

Chief Supt. Asher Do-lina, acting police regional director, said that that so far, no area in the region could be classified as an election hotspot or an area of concern.

Last week, the election season in the country for-mally begun as candidates filed their certificates of candidacy for the May 9, 2016 elections.

The election period starts from January 10, 2016 up to June 8, 2016.

Lawyer Jose Nick Men-dros, regional director of the Commission on Elec-tions (Comelec), said that the conduct of elections will largely depend on the candidate themselves.

Thus, he appealed to them not to resort any acts contrary to a peaceful con-duct of the election.

An area is considered to be an area of concern if it has history of violence during conduct of elec-tions; presence of armed groups like private armed

groups and New People’s Army.

But while they have yet to declare any as potential hotspot, they continue to monitor and assess all are-as in the region, especially those with history of elec-tion-related violence, Do-lina said.

In order to ensure that the law enforcement op-erations on some threat groups would be sus-tained, the PNP-8 recent-ly launched the formation of the special operations task groups together with the signing of a covenant for a peaceful election and non-support to private armed groups in Calbayog City.

The peace covenant came after a spate of kill-ings occurred in Samar, particularly in Calbayog, believed to have been per-petrated by private armies being maintained by po-litical families in the prov-ince.

Those who signed the covenant were Samar Gov-ernor Sharee Ann Tan and Calbayog Mayor Ronaldo Aquino. Both denied they have private armies under their wings. (AHLETTE C.REYES)

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In the report, especially in its crime volume presen-tation, it was known that the province had an Aver-age Monthly Crime Rate of 33.2 percent.

Crime statistics showed that the following Index Crimes were: Carnapping -15, Cattle Rustling – 3, Homicide – 25, Murder – 30, Physical Injury – 406, Rape – 39, Robbery – 39 and Theft – 179,with a total index crime of 736 or 57.4 percent.

For Non-Index Crime under Special Laws such as Violation of R.A. 9262 – Violation Against Wom-en and Children (VAWC), Violation of R.A. 7610 – Child Abuse Act, Viola-tion of R.A. 9165 – Illegal Drugs and others were 240; while for other Non-Index

Crimes such as alarm and scandal, estafa, malicious mischief, threats, etc. were 306. Non-index crime to-talled 546 or 42.6 percent.

Based on the report, it was also learned that the Crime Solution Efficiency (CSE) is 44.70% while for the Crime Clearance Effi-ciency (CCE) is at 65.83%.

Meanwhile, with regards to their accomplishments, P/Sr. Supt. Campomanes reported on illegal drugs and wanted persons.

For the same period, Campomanes reported that modesty aside, 53 persons were arrested through buy-bust operations and raids/searches. The persons ar-rested were either in pos-session of packs/sachets of marijuana (cannabis sativa) or shabu (methamphet-amine hydrochloride).

In the case of wanted persons, 17 most want-

ed persons (MWPs) and 159 other wanted persons (WPs) were arrested for the same period.

The ESPPO assessed that peace and order remains generally peaceful.

This peace and order sit-uation is attributed to the continuing support extend-ed by the Armed Forces of

the Philippines (AFP), Ci-vilian Volunteer Organi-zaions (CVOs), Local Gov-ernment Units (LGUs), and Non-Government Organi-zations (NGOs).

The ESPPO promised to continue in its endeavor to serve the people of Eastern Samar to be peaceful. (ajc/PIA8-E. Samar)

3NEWS Eastern Samar BulletinOct. 11-17, 2015

CALL FOR PROPOSALSThrough the facilitation of Plan International, the Leyte Center for Development (LCDE) is a re-cipient of a funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ) for the implementation of a three-year project titled “Adaptation to Climate Change by Strengthening Natural Resilience”. The project implementation started in 2012 and will end in January 2016.

The target areas for this project are Saint Bernard and Silago municipalities in Southern Leyte province. The project intends to contribute in reducing impacts of climate change through sus-tainable resource protection. Specifically, it aims to strengthen the resilience of eight vulnerable villages (4 in Silago and 4 in St. Bernard) against the effects of climate-change-induced hazards by capacitating the communities to protect their environment and their natural resources and to use these resources responsibly, as well as to rehabilitate natural protection mechanisms against weather phenomena.

We are seeking proposals/expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced NGOs, institutions or organizations to conduct a consultancy work for the Final Evaluation of the pro-ject. This consultancy has the following purposes: (1.) To document achievements and lessons learnt; (2.) to provide important and relevant information regarding the impact of the project activities. The data collection will be conducted on site in eight (8) villages of Saint Bernard and Silago municipalities in Southern Leyte.

Expertise requiredA suitable consultant has the following qualifications: • Graduate of Social Science with climate change and DRR (disaster risk reduction)-related studies; post graduate study will be a plus. • Experience in participatory field research• Experience in external evaluation of projects related to reforestation, sustainable agriculture, costal protection and environmental advocacies• Has technical expertise on forestry, agriculture, marine conservation and education• Strong qualitative and quantitative data collection skills• Strong English writing skills

Interested parties may submit their letter of intent (short, one page maximum), technical pro-posal, and budget, along with comprehensive organizational profile and resume of the person/s to be involved on or before October 23, 2015 to Maricel C. Campomanes, Plan Phils-General Services Officer with office address at Visayas Support Center #147 Avenida Veteranos, Brgy 24-A, Tacloban City (Email address) [email protected] with mobile num-ber 0917-559-8825

Email us at the above mentioned address to secure a copy of the Terms of Reference or you can call us at (053) 325-3631 for more details.

C A T B A L O G A N CITY, Samar, - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), Re-gional Office 8 announced that shellfish samples col-lected from Cambatutay Bay (Tarangnan) in Samar and Carigara Bay (Cariga-ra, Capoocan, Barugo and San Miguel) in Leyte are now positive of the red tide toxin.

The Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) toxin level in shellfish samples collected from the said areas is 76-114 ugSTX-eq/100g of shellfish meat.

This is different from the advisory issued on Oct 13 where it said that shellfish samples from

All smiles. Former representative of Eastern Samar Nonoy Libanan and Annaliz Gonzales lead their party towards Comelec Office in Borongan City to file for their own CoC’s. PIA-ES

BFAR-8 releases new advisory

Irong-Irong Bay in Catba-logan and Cambatutay Bay in Tarangnan were found positive beyond the reg-ulatory limits for levels of saxitoxin, toxin that causes PSP.

In its Oct 15 laboratory report, Cambatutay Bay in Samar and Carigara Bay in Leyte were found positive for PSP while the coastal waters of Irong-Irong Bay, also in Samar remains pos-itive of toxic microorgan-ism.

The public is then advised to refrain from eating, gathering or har-vesting, transporting and marketing shellfish from these coastal waters until such time that the shell-

fish toxicity level has gone down below the regula-tory limit of 60 ugSTX-eq/100g of shellfish meat.

However, BFAR in-formed that fish harvested from the said area are safe for human consumption provided that they are fresh and washed thor-oughly and their internal organs such as gills and intestines are removed be-fore cooking.

The government through BFAR facilities continuously monitor Cambatutay, Irong-Irong and Carigara Bays to safe-guard public health and to protect the fishery indus-try in Leyte and Samar. (ldl/nbq/PIA 8-Samar)

-- Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala expressed satisfaction at the current status of the Philippine corn sector and stressed that the steady annual production has greatly contributed to the overall growth of Phil-ippine agriculture.

[Read: PH preps for ASEAN agriculture cooper-ation]

“Aside from quantity, the government has always been watchful on the qual-

Gov’t readies corn industry for ASEAN integrationThe Philippine corn industry is getting ready for the ASEAN Eco-nomic Integration by working with national and local government in helping local corn growers attain sustainable production of high quality grains for both yellow and white corn varieties.

- Close to two years after Eastern Visayas was dev-astated by Super typhoon “Yolanda”, the national gov-ernment has so far provid-ed P47.06 million financial assistance to relatives of those who perished during the monstrous typhoon.

On top of this amount, the government also re-leased another P46.58 mil-lion provided to those who were injured during the on-slaught of Yolanda.

Edgar Posadas, region-al director of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), said that since they started pro-viding financial assistance to relatives who were killed during Yolanda, they have already released P47.06 million.

The amount represents to the 3,946 people who

Government extends P47Mto relatives killed by “Yolanda”

died due to Yolanda across the region. The data covers from January, 2014 up to September of this year.

Families or relatives of those killed due to Yolan-da received P10,000 as fi-nancial assistance while it’s P5,000 for those who were injured.

The OCD started giving the assistance since January of last year.

Aside from providing financial assistance to fam-ilies whose loved ones were killed due to Yolanda, the OCD also extended assis-tance for those who sus-tained injuries.

As of last month, about 1,528 people received P10,000 each as assistance from the government.

Posadas said that the number of claimants, both

for those killed and injured, could still increase con-sidering that there are still pending applications for as-sistance.

“But as much as possi-ble, they better do it early,” the OCD director said, add-ing that there is no deadline set by the government for the giving of financial assis-tance.

Eastern Visayas, par-ticularly Leyte, suffered the brunt of world’s strongest typhoon to made landfall on November 8, 2013.

For those seeking assis-tance whose loved one were killed, they need to submit birth and death certificates, among others, while med-ical certificate and clini-cal abstract for the injured who are seeking assistance.(JOEY A. GABIETA)

ity of corn produced. As such, Good Agricultural Practices have always been followed at all layers of the value chain,” he said.

“In addition to these, mechanization and post-harvest facilities with standardized processing protocols have been strict-ly implemented to assure quality and competitive products,” Alcala added.

Local government level“The Department of Ag-

riculture (DA) has always regarded the local govern-ment as sturdy and depend-able partners in the im-plementation of programs and various strategies that would enhance agricultur-al development,” Assistant Secretary and National Rice and Corn Program Director Edilberto de Luna said.

“With the help of our local executives, we are op-

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OPINIONEDITORIAL

Eastern Samar Bulletin

COMMENTARY:By Fr Roy Cimagala

Email: [email protected]

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Dalmacio C. GrafilPublisher

Romeo CebrerosOIC

Brgy. Songco, Borongan City Eastern Samar

(055) 261-3319

Aljim Denver M. ArcuenoEditor-in-Chief

“Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.”

—Virginia Woolf

Oct. 11-17, 2015

Destiny has ithe race begins. Hopefuls in the elections next year have filed their respective certificates of candi-dacies. The deadline having been T

over, the fray is expected to intensify. Save the nuisance candidates whose names are sure to be stricken of the official list of can-didates for various elective positions, these candidates will be promenading once more.

From the presidential to the municipal councilman’s position, the wannabes will sure-ly not each sun down without convincing the concerned electorate of their being deserv-ing of the coveted seat. All the usual stuff, the Filipinos will again witness – the good and bad, the hilarious and annoying alike. The worst, however, is bloodshed which not even police visibility could deter from happening.

Win some, lose some. In the end destiny’s dictate will chart the future of the locality spe-cifically and the nation in general. Will prayer for a better ruler influence the destiny’s rule? Perhaps, yes, if the religious will be asked. The pragmatic will be more circumspect, con-

servative and very cautious, not to leave fate to chance.

Integrity, credibility, personal background and performance are but the usual minimum criteria in selecting the one. In some instanc-es civic affiliation is add on advantage. For this, endorsement, especially of the dominant church groups is sought for by the desperate candidates. Mutual gain is the rule of thumb this modern era. Is this onerous? Surely not.

This is not distinct from what surrounds the voters’ individual choice for national leaders. Better chance for development is most popular. But really do they? Political patronage it is for real. How many Cabinet members were there from Eastern Visayas? Quite a number. Did they indeed help the region move forward? Situation differs now from the so-called Marcos regime where Leyte and Samar islands were so endowed

WE have to be most careful that in our laudable effort to love the poor, we end up making them the new elite, and the rich guys end up prematurely judged and condemned, ostracized and left to rot here on earth even before hell.

This can happen when our understanding of the poor is mainly if not solely keyed on material poverty. Thus, we consider as poor those with hardly any money, or those whom we generally describe as having less in life, be it in terms of material possessions and wealth, health, fame, talents, etc.

The problem with this idea of poor is that we tend to exaggerate things and fall to making unnecessary if not illegitimate distinctions among people. We end up unnec-essarily discriminating against some people who are rash-ly judged and classified simply and recklessly according to their economic status, etc.

This has happened among those who blindly follow the so-called “Liberation Theology” that while having good and valid points, end up following a certain earthly ideol-ogy instead of Christianity.

In fact, back in 1984, the Vatican issued a document entitled, “Instruction on certain aspects of the Theology of Liberation,” precisely to clarify what the good and safe points of such theology are, and what the unsafe and dan-gerous ones are.

The poor is actually all of us, since all of us are in need of God. That’s how poverty should be understood in its strictest sense. That’s why Christ put as the first beatitude those who are “poor in spirit” because they are the ones who acknowledge their poverty with regard to God and are longing to be with God.

If we understand “the poor” in this way, it can happen that the poorest of the poor can in fact be the richest man in the world, in terms of material wealth, because that man may be farthest from God and may not be doing anything to solve his predicament. It can happen that the poorest of the poor is not in the peripheries and fringes of our society, but is right in the middle of society’s mainstream.

Now that we are in the Year of the Poor, we need to be clear about this point, before we fall into the subtle trick of the devil who can mislead us in our attitude toward the poor.

Let’s remember that the weed can actually look like the real plant, and the devil can present himself as an angel of light. We have to be most discerning. We should not be naïve, especially nowadays when many confusing and albeit attractive ideologies about the poor are bombarded on us.

It’s true that we have to give a kind of “preferential op-tion” to those who are materially poor, precisely because their needs may be immediate. We cannot deny that there will always be some kind of social inequality that causes this kind of poverty. Thus, Christ told us: “You always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.” (Mt 26,11)

Such inequality should trigger the dynamics and ini-tiative of concern and help. St. John in his first letter tells us: “If anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?” (3,17)

We also cannot deny that there are instances when we find ourselves at a loss as to how to help the poor in im-mediate material needs. Many times, we can only cry and suffer in silence, praying hard and thinking deeply as to how to restructure things that give rise to this kind of so-cial poverty. Let’s be ready for these occasions and exert effort not to fall into despair. There’s always hope in the mysterious ways of God.

The poor as the new elite

But this particular concern for the poor in immediate material need, however, should not distract us from the ul-timate concern for the poor in the strictest and universal sense. We should not forget that the ultimate concern is how to resolve the spiritual and moral poverty of the peo-ple, i.e., how to combat temptations and sin.

This is where the real battle is. It is how to convince the rich young man in the gospel (cfr Mt 1916-30), who actu-ally represents all of us, to go sell everything that he has and follow Christ. It is how to undo what Christ said: “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

We can only do this if we have the right poverty of spirit as described in the beatitudes.

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5Eastern Samar BulletinNOTICES

Republic of the Philip-pines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Eight (8th) Judicial Region

Branch 5Oras, Eastern Samar

IN THE MATTER OF THE CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE CER-

TIFICATE OF MAR-RIAGE UNDER LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY NO.

2000-23Spec. Proc. Case No. 677

For: Correction of En-tries in the Civil Registry

MARY ANN M. ESPO-NILLA,

Petitioner,-versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OF AR-TECHE, EASTERN

SAMAR, THE ADMIN-ISTRATOR AND CIVIL RIGISTRAR GENERAL OF THEN NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE AND ALL INTEREST-

ED PERSONS,Respondents.

x----------------------xORDER

A verified petition for the Correction of Entry in the Certificate of Marriage un-der Local Civil Registry No. 2000-23 of MARY ANN M. ESPONILLA, was filed on July 23, 2015 praying that af-ter due notice, publication and hearing, this Honorable Court adjudged that petitioner’s date of birth be changed from

“MAY 13, 1978” to “MAY 13, 1977” in the certificate of Marriage at the National Sta-tistics Office, Manila and like-wise at the Local Civil Regis-trar, Arteche, Eastern Samar.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and sub-stance the court hereby orders that the petition be set for hearing on October 6, 2015 at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon at which date, time and place all persons interested may ap-pear and show cause why the petition should not be granted.

A copy of this order shall be published at the expense of the petitioner once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circu-lation in the province of East-ern Samar with the last pub-lication at least one (1) week prior to the date set for initial hearing.

Furnish copy of this Or-der: The Office of the Solic-itor General, 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City; Office of the Provincial Prosecutor, Oras, Eastern Sa-mar; The Local Civil Regis-trar, Arteche, Eastern Samar; The Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office, EDSA, Quezon City, Met-ro Manila; And Petitioner’s counsel, Atty. Robert John M. Tejero, of Public Attorney’s Office, Oras District Office, Oras, Eastern Samar.

The petitioner is directed to furnish copy the aforesaid offices each with a copy of the petition.

SO ORDERED.Done in Chambers this

30th day of July 2015, Oras, Eastern Samar.

JULIANA ADALIM WHITE

Presiding JudgeESB: Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 4-10, 11-17, 2015

Oct. 11-17, 2015Republic of the Philippines

Department of Transportation and Communication

LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULA-

TORY BOARDRegional Office No. VIII

Palo, Leyte

CASE NO. VIII-2014-4388Application for Extension of Validityof a Certificate of Public Conve-nienceto Operate a FILCAB service

ERLINDA Q. BACSALApplicant/Petitionerx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

NOTICE OF HEARINGApplicant is a grantee of a

Reconstituted Certificate of Pub-lic Convenience to operate a FIL-CAB service for the transportation of passengers and freight on the route: CALBAYOG CITY-GAN-DARA & VICE VERSA, with the use of One (1) unit/s which Certif-icate is still valid and subsisting up to December 7, 2015.

In the present application, applicant request authority for extension of validity of the said certificate using the same number of unit/s.

NOTICE is hereby given that this application will be heard by this Board on OCTOBER 29, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at its office of the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date, applicant/s shall cause the publication of this No-tice of Hearing once in a newspa-per of local circulation.

This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it neces-sary to receive additional docu-mentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable ARTHUR L. SAIPUDIN, Regional Director, this 12TH day of OCTO-BER, 2015.

(Sgd.) Atty. PAUL FLORIAN P. DOLINA

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation

and CommunicationLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGULA-TORY BOARD

Regional Office No. VIIIPalo, Leyte

CASE NO. VIII-2015-4251Application for Change of Routeof a Certificate of Public Conve-nience toOperate a UV EXPRESS serviceWith prayer to adopt trade name

ROMEO M. JAVINESApplicant/Petitionerx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x


Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a UV EXPRESS service for the transportation of passen-gers and freight on the route: OR-MOC CITY-SAN RICARDO VIA BATO & VICE VERSA, with the use of ONE (1) unit/s which Cer-tificate is still valid and subsisting.

In the present application, applicant request authority to Change the Route of Service us-ing the same number of unit/s along the route: TACLOBAN C I T Y- C A R IG A R A- OR MO C CITY & VICE VERSA.


At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date, applicant/s shall cause the publication of this No-tice of Hearing once in a newspa-per of local circulation.

This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it neces-sary to receive additional docu-mentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable ARTHUR L. SAIPUDIN, Regional Director, this 13th day of OCTO-BER, 2015.


Clerk of Board





CASE NO. VIII-2014-4242Application for Change of Routeof a Certificate of Public Conve-nienceto operate a UV EXPRESS serviceWith prayer to adopt trade name

ROMEO M. JAVINESApplicant/Petitionerx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

NOTICE OF HEARINGApplicant is a grantee of a Cer-

tificate of Public Convenience to operate a UV EXPRESS service for the transportation of passengers and freight on the route: ORMOC CITY-SAN RICARDO VIA BATO & VICE VERSA, with the use of ONE (1) unit/s which Certificate is still valid and subsisting.

In the present application, ap-plicant request authority to Change the Route of Service using the same number of unit/s along the route: TACLOBAN CITY-CARIGA-RA-ORMOC CITY & VICE VERSA.


At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date, applicant/s shall cause the publication of this Notice of Hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation.

This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable AR-THUR L. SAIPUDIN, Regional Di-rector, this 13th day of OCTOBER, 2015.


-As part of Over-seas Workers Welfare Administration(OW-WA)’s immediate as-sistance to returning OFWs(Overseas Fil-ipino Workers) who were displaced from their jobs due to stress-ful situation and to the bereaved family of a deceased OFW whose membership is still active at the time of death, the office pro-vides technical and consultancy services and conducts specific technology skills or en-trepreneurship train-ing for these distressed OFW.

One of these pro-grams is the entrepre-

OWWA holds entrepreneurial development training for OFWs





CASE NO. VIII-2015-0978REF. CASE NO. VIII-2011-0329

Application for Sale and Transferof a Certificate of Public Conve-nienceto operate a PUJ servicewith prayer to adopt trade name with Reconstitution of Recordswith Extension of ValidityChange of route and Dropping & Substitution

CRISTY G. ORAIZ-VendorALDWIN C. BANATE-VendeeApplicant/Petitionerx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x

NOTICE OF HEARINGApplicant-vendor request au-

thority for the approval of sale and transfer made by CRISTY G. ORAIZ in favor of ALDWIN C. BANATE, of a Certificate of Public Conve-nience to operate a PUJ service for the transportation of passengers and freight with the use of ONE (1) unit/s along the line: HILONGOS-MAAS-IN-SOGOD VIA MALITBOG & VICE VERSA.

In the present application, ap-plicant-vendee request the reconsti-tution of records with extension of validity, dropping and substitution of unit/s and change of route to: MAA-SIN-SOGOD VIA LUNAS & VICE VERSA which Certificate is valid until June 22, 2016.










CASE NO. VIII-2014-2900Application for Extension of Validityof a Certificate of Public Conve-nience toOperate a FILCAB service

VIRGILIO C. ROSEÑOApplicant/Petitionerx- - - - - - - - - - - - -x


Reconstituted Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a FILCAB service for the transportation of pas-sengers and freight on the route: TA-CLOBAN CITY-APITONG-MAN-LURIP & VICE VERSA, with the use of ONE (1) unit/s which Certificate is still valid and subsisting up to Au-gust 6, 2015.

In the present application, ap-plicant request authority for exten-sion of validity of the said certificate using the same number of unit/s.






neurial development training that is general-ly designed to provide technical assistance to the beneficiaries of the Balik-Pinas, Ba-lik-Hanapbuhay Pro-gram (BPBH) and Ed-ucation and Livelihood Assistance Program (ELAP).

The EDT aims to help participants con-duct self-assesment on personal, enterpre-neurial competencies (PEC); to facilatate identification of po-tential entrepreneurial ventures based on per-sonal interest, available resources and market opportunities; to brief-ly discuss functional areas of a business in

relation to business plan preparation and to present small business registration process and its requirements.

The BPBH) and ELAP are two of OW-WA’s welfare program that cater towards the protection of the inter-est and promotion of the welfare of its mem-bers-OFW and their beneficiaries.

The training was conducted last October 2, 2015 at DOLE Com-pound, Tacloban City and was attended by 21 participants, 15 ELAP beneficiaries and 6 Ba-lik-Pinas, Balik-Han-apbuhay beneficiaries all over the region.

A starter kit worth

P15,000 were be given to the ELAP benefi-ciaries (spouse/parents of a deceased OFW) and P10,000 worth of starter kit for the BPBH beneficiaries or OFWs that were repatriated with unfinished con-tract).

Ernesto Montes Jr. of DTI Leyte served as the resource person for the training and thor-oughly discussed top-ics on Entrepreneurial Mindset and Business Palnning.

The said event was headed by Catherine astor, overseas workers welfare offficer IV and Heidi Hosillos, fam-ily welfare officer of OWWA-8. (KATRINA D. OBEJERA/PR)

besides the fact that the coun-try’s first lady then hails from Leyte.

What if Leyte or Region VIII gets two seats in the Senate? This is far best condi-tion to hope for. The mutual ben-efit is anticipated. Although drafting legislative meas-ures is Senate’s main work, the PDAF and DAP or its counterpart this time in form of lump sum ap-

propriations in the General Ap-propriations Act is a sweet invite.

It is about time that the people of this region get their pens to-gether and vote for the senato-riables from this side of the archi-pelago. Destiny for senate seats could be in the region’s side this time in the strike of the voters’ pen.

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...from Page 4 timistic that our na-tional programs trickle down to the rural areas in the countryside, and benefit those who real-ly need assistance,” he added.

In 2013, the DA launched the National Corn Quality Achiev-ers Awards to give rec-ognition to the invalu-able role of the local government (LGUs) in mentoring corn farm-ers and stakeholders.

The LGUs have been consistent in ef-fectively carrying out policies and projects that ultimately push for the robust pro-duction of high-grade corn.

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Registered voters whose biometrics have not been cap-tured must undergo validation on or before October 31, 2015, otherwise they will not be allowed to vote on May 9, 2016 National and Local Elections.

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AFFIDAVIT of SELF-ADJUDICATIONNOTICE is hereby given that Yolanda P. Bolano heir of late Carlos M. Bolano

executed an affidavit of adjudication over a motor vehicle described as: MAKE: MITS; MOTOR NO. 6D10-152265; CHASSIS NO. GJC-8015755; PLATE NO. HVA-318; Per Doc. No. 07, Page No. 33, Book No. XXXVIII, Series of 2015 of Notary Public Atty. Neil M. SiaESB: Oct. 4-10,11-17,18-24, 2015

Oct. 11-17, 2015

- Philippine ambassador to the United Kingdom H.E. Enrique Manalo will grace Tacloban’s Haiyan-inspired art exhibition at the Temple Church, London on 08 No-vember marking the second anniversary of supertyphoon “Yol and a” ( i nte r n at i on a l name:Haiyan).

Held at the 12th Century Triforium in one of England’s historic churches, the remark-able one-man-100-frame art exhibition is a visual journey

PH ambassador to grace “Yolanda” art exhibit in London

depicting the tragedies, trials and triumphs in the world’s first confrontation against the rising effects of global warm-ing.

Temple Church Commit-tee Chairman Ian Mayes is honored by Manalo’s attend-ance at the formal launch and reception Tacloban’s art exhi-bition.

“The presence of Ambas-sador Enrique Manalo as hon-ored guest is a very welcome development. This exhibition

is Tacloban’s way of extending gratitude from their commu-nities to the British people and this message is magnified even more with the presence of the Philippine Ambassador to the UK”, said Mayes.

Meanwhile, Jeff Manibay of civic-initiative group One Tacloban expressed elation for the support of the Philippine embassy in London citing “the presence of Ambassador Enrique Manalo at the exhi-bition is an honor extended not only to the artist but to the people of Eastern Visayas region as well.”

“Resilience and coopera-tion has been the cornerstone of our recovery and this is yet another heartwarming demonstration of our people coming together in support of each other. We can’t thank them enough” he said.

Titled “Answered Prayers” in London, the one-man-100-frame art exhibition is com-ing off the successful staging of “Sketches” held in Tacloban City last June.

Solely created by 64-year old artist-survivor Ed Rompal, the remarkable collection attracted close to

7,000 visitors during its three-day exhibition.

“Answered Prayers” is sup-ported by Thomson Reuters, Gothong Southern, Toyota Tacloban Leyte, Mr. Wilson

Chan, Rotary International DG Buddy Estudillo, Tacloban Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Neil Montejo and Family, and Rancho Maria Lucas.(PR) Local government gets

training equipment from the EU

Attended by DBM officials, Mr. Achim Tillessen, head of Development Cooperation of the EU Delegation, and Mayor Gerardo V. Calderon of Ango-no, Rizal, the turnover forms part of the EU-funded project, “Support to the Local Govern-ment Units for More Effec-tive and Accountable Public Finance Management (LGU-PFM 2 Project),” which seeks to elevate the current state of Public Financial Management (PFM) at the local govern-ment level.

Out of the country’s 1,715 LGUs, the 16 were carefully selected by the DBM, BLGF, NEDA, and DILG based on their readiness and willingness to implement PFM reforms. The chosen LGUs are slated to receive a full suite of IT equip-ment comprising four desktop PCs, one laptop, one projec-tor, one LCD screen, one laser printer, and accessories.

“The ultimate goal of the LGU PFM 2 Project is to help local governments strengthen their public financial man-agement systems and achieve improved revenue generation and expenditure manage-ment. This turnover of equip-ment has been in the works since May 2013 and is one of the many milestones we’ve reached. With each new proj-ect, our intention is for LGUs grow more transparent, re-sponsive, and accountable,” Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad said.

The Philippines has in re-cent years improved its public financial management system with crucial assistance from the LGU PFM program, Abad added. “This latest endeavor will allow participating local governments and regional of-fices to undertake PFM more efficiently.”

“An efficient and effective delivery of public goods and services is the goal of good governance. Public Financial Management makes good governance possible because it helps us upgrade the quality of service of the people,” says Mayor Gerardo V. Calderon of Angono, Rizal.

He added that, “the com-puters and the other training equipment will surely help us to improve financial transpar-ency through our expenditure reports as the public is made aware of how much we have already spent and where these funds are used.”

The mayor also empha-sized the importance of the donated equipment in expen-diture report generation and analysis to come up with in-formed and evidence-based policy interventions that are truly responsive of the people’s needs.

“Local authorities are in the frontline of the delivery of public services and are respon-sible for 16% of the FY 2015 National Budget or P423.3 bil-lion. It is therefore crucial that LGUs have the tools to per-form better and more trans-parently which will ultimately lead to better service delivery,” said Mr. Achim Tillessen, head of Development Cooperation of the EU delegation.

The new seven-year EU support strategy more than doubles grant assistance to the Philippines, from €130 million (P7 billion) to €325 million (P17 billion). (DBM)

esb oct. 11-17, 2015

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